Indicator and reminder



May 31, 1932. H A. ROSEN INDICATOR AND REMINDER Filed Sept. 9, 1931Patented May 31, 1932 mares stares HYMAN A. nosnn, or BALTIMonniMmYLANnINDICATOR AND TREMINDER Application filed September 9,-1931. "Sei'iaI'Nm5611860.

My invention relates to improvements in indicators and reminders,providing a simple means of advising the tradesman of the needs ofthemoment. The main purpose of this invention is to obviate thenecessity of writ-- ing a note or message by hand which may be blownaway by the wind or rendered unintelligible by rain and further to actas a reminder when. several items are desired.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention withreiation to its use on milk bottles as a message indicator for the milkman, it is understood that without departing from the spirit or scopeofthe invention, the device canyby very minor changes infdetail andconstruction, be varied so that'it could be readily adapted for use onthe grocers bread box, for the housewifes kitchen, for the shopper orfor" any occasion where a reminder may be'necessary or desirable.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts which are shown in the accompanying drawings and 2 inwhich:

Figure lis an elevational view of the device with its covered sides. Y

Figure 2 isa detail vertical sectional View.

Figure 3 is a top plan View.

Figure 4: is a fragmentary elevational view,

. partly broken away.

The device is constructed to form a cover. for a milk bottle and toclamp the head or mouth thereof. The device may be, constructed of anymaterialbut a light weight sheet metal or aluminum is'preferahle. Thedevice comprises a bottle engagingholder, a disk, a. spring, a stud anda plurality of tab elements rotatable therewith.

40 The sides of the device. l-1 comprise a hollow sheet of materialadapted to overlap and securely clamp'the mouth oi'-'a'milk bottle. Thedisk 2, is fixed toa rotatable stud or key 3, which rests upon'a strongspring 4:, firmly attached to a base5. The disk Figfollows.

ure 3, :includes a plurality of tab elements 6 -6 which; arefirmly fixedto the stud 3, and rotate with said stud. v Upon .tl1esetabelements '66are; printed. a variety of items to indicate the article and'amou-nt ofgoodslo'rtw productshandled:by the tradesman.

Over the tab elements 'on :the dial-of the device is a narrow stripofnon-t-ransparent material or -metal '7, cut outsubstant-ially as shownin the drawingsand covering and con- {5'5 cealing about athird of thesurface .Oftlle tab elements. j This strip of metal runs along thecircumference ofthe dial but is cutout forming an opening at points;8-f8':Wl1iCl1 are iivhole diahmounted into the frame ofthe device is atransparent sheetiof cellul-oid.

The; practical operation of the device is as The stud 3 is depressedupon the res spring-4eand rotateduntil the particular tab element uponwhich the required message is printed appears in the cut out 8-8. Thepressure upon the stud is then released but rotated to bring the tabelement upon the 17- strip orledge 7 and so exposed to view. When thefollowing and undesired tab element appears in the cut out, the stud isthen again depressed and rotated under the strip and is so againconcealed. It is apparentie that more than one tab element or messagemay thus be rotated upon the strip 7 and exposed. The drawing in Figure3 shows three tah elements 6a exposed, thus indicating three separateitems or messages to the t tradesman.

Various changes may he made in' the form I and details of theindicatorwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimedand desired to be securedfby Letters Patent is: I

1. An indicatordevice of the class described, comprising a body portion,a disk rotatably mounted thereon and having a plu-' rality ofrelatively. movable indicia carry-P 9,

ing elements, and annular ledge means carried by the body portionadjacent the disk normally concealing the elements, and formed forcooperation with the disk for exposing selected indicia carryingelements above the ledge.

2. An indicator device of the class described, comprising a body havinga fixed ledge portion, a member provided with a plurality of individualrelativel movable indicia carrying elements, sai member mounted on thebody with certain elements normally concealed by the ledge, and meansfor moving the member relative to the ledge for bringing certainselected indicia carrying elements to exposed position on the ledge.

3. An indicator device of the class de' scribed comprising a body with afixed ledge secured adjacent the upper edge thereof, said ledge having acut-out portion, a springressed stud 'rotatably mounted within the ody,a plurality of relatively movable indicia carrying elementsfixed to thestud, said elements normally concealed by the ledge and selectivelyoperable by the stud for movement from beneath the ledge through itscut-out portion to exposed position on the ledge.

4. An indicator device comprising a cylindrical body having an annularinturned radially slotted ledge, a yielding support 'mounted within thebody, a stud rotatably resting upon the su port, and a radial series ofrelatively mova le indicia carrying elements fixed to the stud to berotated therewith, said elements normally concealed by the ledge andselectively operable by the stud for movement from beneath the ledgethrough its radial slot to exposed position on the ledge.

, HYMAN A. ROSEN.

